Diocese of La Paz en la Baja California Sur
Pacien(sis) in California Inferiore Meridionali
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · La Paz en la Baja California Sur, Mexico
Latin rite diocese covering the state of Baja California Sur, Mexico, erected as a diocese on 21 March 1988. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Tijuana. Its seat is the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Peace in La Paz.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1988
- Latin
- Pacien(sis) in California Inferiore Meridionali
- Annuario code
- 001001954
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 512,200
- Population
- 512,170
- Priests
- 94
- Catholics per priest
- 5,449
- Extent
- 73,703 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 6.9
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Miguel Angel Espinoza Garza
- Born
- 26 April 1966
- Birthplace
- San Nicolás de los Garza
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Peace stands in La Paz en la Baja California Sur, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Tijuana
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Tijuana.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of TijuanaAlemán
- Diocese of EnsenadaBahía de los Ángeles
- Diocese of MexicaliAlberto Oviedo Mota
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The Diocese of La Paz en la Baja California Sur (Latin: Dioecesis Paciensis in California Inferiori Meridionali) was erected on 21 March 1988. A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Hermosillo until 25 November 2006, it now belongs to the province of the Archdiocese of Tijuana. La Paz has a longer episcopal history: between 1874 and 1939 it was the seat of the apostolic vicariate of Baja California, which later became the present Diocese of Tijuana, and in 1957 it became the seat of the apostolic prefecture of La Paz, raised to an apostolic vicariate in 1976 and to a diocese in 1988.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].